Improvement in devices for suspending curtains



D. CALHOUN.

DEVICES FOR SUSPENDING CURTAINS.

No .180,108'. Patented July 25,1876.

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D NIEL CALHOUN, 0 CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

IMPROVEMENT lhl DEVICES FOR SUSPENDING CURTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180, [08, dated July25, 1876; application filed May 20, 1876.

are suspended; and it consists chiefly in in-' closing the rods and thehooks depending therefrom, and supporting the drapery in tubes of metal,or other suitable material, provided with longitudinal slots upon thebottom, through which the drapery may fall.

This, as well as the other features of my invention, will befully-understood from the following description and the accompanyingdrawing, making a part of this specification, and in which drawing- IFigure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement, and Figs. 2 and 3 are,respectively, transverse and vertical sections thereof.

Li'ke letters of reference made use of in the several figures indicatelike parts wherever used.

Referring to said drawing, A represents a portion of drapery suspendedfrom my improved device. B is a bracket adapted to be attached to thewall or other support, and

holding one end of a metal tube, Q, which is secured therein by aset-screw, s, as shown,

its other end being supported in like or some suitable manner. This tubeC is slotted at the bottom, as more especially shown at c, in Fig. 2,throughout that portion of the same through which the drapery falls,such slot being of sufficient width to permit the easy entrance of thecurtain, and to avoid cutting or tearing thereof when it is gathered orpushed to one side.

The curtain is attached to; and supported by S-shaped or otherwiseshitably-formed hooks d, traveling upon a supporting-rod, I), whichpasses through the tube from end to end, and is supported centrallytherein by disks E, placed one at each end of the tube, the rod passingthrough holes in the center of V the disks.

If the tube is a long one additional disks should be placed in the tubeat points between the ends to prevent sagging of the rod D'. The disksalso serve to keep the tube in form and to strengthen the same. The tubeis provided at its ends with ornamental removable caps F, which slideover and inclose such ends, and are retained in place by the pressure oftheset-screw s, as will be fully understood from the drawings-,

The rod D I'pref'er to make so long that its ends almost touch the innersides-of the caps F, by which means it is prevented from sliding andgetting out of its supportingdisk at either end; but it may, if desired,be secured in such disks themselves.

When it is necessary to suspend the drapery at right angles to the wall,instead of in a line therewith, the caps F and brackets B may bedispensed with, and the tube ends be inserted in suitable sockets inrosettes attached to the wall, as will be readily understood.

Among the advantages attending my improvement is thefact that thesuspendinghooks and rod, and the top part of the curtain to whichthchooks are attached, are out of sight, and, to a great extent, out ofthe dust; also, that thesupporting-rod, which has heretofore beenexposed to view, maybe marred by the scratching of the hooks in slidingover it without detriment to the ap pearance of the device; also, theincreased beauty of the device over those previously in use. I Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The device for hanging drapery consisting of a tube, slotted at thebottom, and the 'rod and hooks from which the drapery is suspended, saidhooks being supported by and sliding upon said rod, and both rod andhooks being inclosed within such tube, substantially as specified.

" 2. The combination of'the slotted tube G with the rod D and the disksE, the latter placed within the tube and supporting the rod,substantially as set forth.

'3. The combination of the rod D with the tube and its caps F, said rodbeing of such length that it will be prevented by said caps fromsliding, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the tube 0 and cap F with the set-screw s and thebracket B, substantially as described.

M DANIEL oALHoUN.

Witnesses EDW. S. EVARTS, JOHN W. MUNDAY.

